[HPFGU-Catalogue] Re: the drive-by back up or Adventures in SF/Fantasy Ignorance.

[Kathy Willson]

    Barry:
    Yeah sorry, ok, the harder Gibson and the funny Stephenson then. I don't
    _think_ anyone's attacking Cryptonomicon-type material yet?! I guess I fall
    into the category of Near-Fi SF fandom; I don't think I ever recovered from
    the Phillip K. Dick vision. There's something I like about dirty technology
    and global warming :)
    Kathy W.
    It "has" been a long time since I read Science Fiction! Out of all these e-mails, Phillip K. Dick is the first name I recognize. Most of the authors I remember are from Asimov's time. And it's a little creepy sometimes to see many of those plots in the the real headlines today!

    Barry mentioned Science fiction with ships. That would be Star Ships, of course? 

    As to the Wiggles...uh, give me Barney the Dinosaur any day.

    As for dinosaurs, there are some very cool books out there now.




     

  Neal Asher
  Jon Courtenay Grimwood
  Richard Morgan
  Iain M. Banks
  Bruce Sterling
  Ken Macleod

  might be worth considering.
  No utopias among that lot and Banks can have a vicious sense of humour. (Note: the 'M.' is important - Iain Banks is the same writer but *not* with his SF hat on.)


  Cryptonomican and the Baroque Cycle are rarities, but Mary Gentle has a couple of fantasy/SF cross-overs - 'Ash' an interleaving of a modern historian trying to determine why the Dukedom of Burgundy went from major player to zilch in no time at all and 'actual' characters and action - or '1610 - A Sundial on a Grave' another that's difficult to classify.

  Getting decent info on what's available - my advice is get 'Locus' - printed monthly with about 10 major reviews of SF releases and about the same number of minor reviews every issue.

  It's American but covers all countries and there's an Aussie distributor/subscription agent who you can contact for info or perhaps copies:

  Justin Ackroyd
  Slow Glass Books
  P.O. Box 1208
  Carlton
  Victoria 3053

  or save money and visit their website 

  https://secure.locusmag.com

  for a pretty good overview.


  Hope that helps.

  Barry

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